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Johnson plays Mitch Buchannon in the new film, the character made famous by Hasselhoff on the long-running syndicated series. Zac Efron, Priyanka Chopra, and Alexandra Daddario all costar.

“This squad has been working extremely hard for months for these roles – the time has come – we start shooting TOMORROW,” Johnson wrote last month on Instagram. “Let’s roll and bring the world some beach fun.”

While Hasselhoff is now set to appear in the film, another iconic member of the Baywatch cast is still on the fence. “I haven’t turned it down completely yet, but I have turned down what they offered me,” actress Pamela Anderson, who played C.J. on the original show, said last month. “We’ll see what happens.”

Anderson added in an interview with ET Canada that the filmmakers behind the Baywatch movie were “trying to do an homage” to the series. “It’s an honor to have them want me to be a part of it so bad,” she said.